text: The earliest precursor of todays GDCh was the German Chemical Society (', DChG).  Adolf von Baeyer was prominent among the German chemists who established DChG in 1867; and August Wilhelm von Hofmann was the first president.  This society was modeled after the British Chemical Society, which was the precursor of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Like its British counterpart, DChG sought to foster the communication of new ideas and facts throughout Germany and across international borders.
  In 1946, the current organization was created by a merger of the German Chemical Society (DChG) and the Association of German Chemists (, VDCh).
  Honorary Members of the GDCh have included Otto Hahn, Robert B. Woodward, Jean-Marie Lehn, George Olah and other eminent scientists.